The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-02-16

N"Jst uNs ~ bue uepIn VI tue muu
is fair measure to judge by. The
sudden and complete breakup has Civ.
en- the lumber business in this neck OF
woods a considerable setback.
Sucker fishiDgIhas once more be.
come the favorite, and in some in.
stances, profitable, pastime of the boys
and some men. Some very fair strings
are brought in. Properly scored and
fried nothing in the eatable line gets
away with sucker this time of the
season.
Mr. Henry DowDie, once citi.
zen of this section, but for twenty
years or more a resident of Garnett,
Kansas, is visiting old frieDds and rel.
atives in this county. We had a very
pleasant visit with him Monday, aud
hope be will find time to call again
before returning to Kansas.
The mirage of Friday morning
last was the most perfect we remem
ber having seen here for some time
past. Hamilton was as visible as if
close to the town, while st. Thomas
could be plainly seen. When a per,
snD can see 10 miles it is pretty fair
weather. Bdthgate, (Dak) Sentinel.
w w. Hulipgs of St. George,
w. Va, "Beesom" for short, writes
our druggist friend J. H. Fonos, in
substance as follnws: Send US one bot.
tie each of paregoric and syrup of
rhubarb. The twelve pound boy
which arrived at cur house 'tnther day
is making music for the whole neigh
borhood.
"A great forked pine with a big
root, root end foremost lodged on the
Newtown dam one day last week, and
on Wednesday an effort wss made to
get it off the dam. A hple was bored
and blast put in with the intention
of blowing piece off the tree. The
blast failed to 60 of, and Butler Rice
took an auger and proceeded TO bore
out the hole which was tamped with
sand. The auger probably struck fire
from the sand or from a piece of
gravel, at any rate the blast went of,
aud something or other struck Warren
Jones, who was standing on the bridge
above, and used up the side of bis
face quite bad. Mr.. Rice was not hurt
much. 1t was q narrow escape all
round.
Parties in the vicinity of Pleas
antville, Venango county, have been
victimized into buying Bohemian Oats.
The Franklin Ne,cs has been gather.
ing statistics concerning these oats,
and deduces the following: l. They
are unfit for oatmeal purposes, the |
covering Of the grain being tough and |
6brous. For oatmeal their value is
less than common oats 2 They are
unfit for horse feed-a fact well known
To horsemen. Unless mixed with other
feed they will kill horse iu "a short
time. 3. The grain is not a new
thing. 1t has been known to agricul.
turists for more than a hundred years
and has never been in demand for the
simple reason that farmers found il
Quite a wreck occurred at the
Watson Farm trestle, jerks township,
on the Pittsburgh & Western narrow
guage road, Friday night last A tree
fell across the trestle breaking it down,
and when the passenger train came
along the danger was not seen in time
to prevent an accident. The engine
and baggage car we're thrown. of the
track. but the two passenger cars kept
the rails thus averting more serious
disaster. Conductor Rainey got a Sc.
we're seal p wound which will lay him
up for several days, We learned of
no others being injured. Our inform.
ant states that large amount of tim.
ber was blown down in that section
during The storm of Friday and many
Of the mills we're obliged to shut down
On account Of being flooded out. Mt.
W. H Frost talks of starting a lum
b. yard al Gallery Junction, on the
P. q w. Ry.
There was another grand trans
scene iu the land suit of
Berry ct. al. vs. Watson ct. al. which ,